Lord High Treasurer is in Offices of State.
On 18th June 1280 Abbot Richard of Ware was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In January 1284 Bishop John Kirkby was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
On 6th September 1296 Hugh de Cressingham was appointed Lord High Treasurer of Scotland.
On 27th May 1317 Bishop John Hotham was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1320 Bishop Walter Stapledon [aged 58] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1322 Bishop Walter Stapledon [aged 60] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
On 26th November 1326 John de Straford [aged 51] was appointed Lord High Treasurer which office he held until 28th January 1327.
In January 1327 Bishop Adam Orleton was appointed Lord High Treasurer which office he held until March 1327.
On 2nd May 1341 Robert Sadington was appointed Lord High Treasurer which office he held until 21st June 1340.
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel Volume 1 Chapters 1-60 1307-1342
The True Chronicles of Jean le Bel offer one of the most vivid and immediate accounts of 14th-century Europe, written by a knight who lived through the events he describes, and experienced some of them first hand. Covering the early decades of the Hundred Years’ War, this remarkable chronicle follows the campaigns of Edward III of England, the politics of France and the Low Countries, and the shifting alliances that shaped medieval warfare. Unlike later historians, Jean le Bel writes with a strong sense of eyewitness authenticity, drawing on personal experience and the testimony of fellow soldiers. His narrative captures not only battles and sieges, but also the realities of military life, diplomacy, and the ideals of chivalry that governed noble society. A key source for Jean Froissart, Le Bel’s chronicle stands on its own as a compelling and insightful work, at once historical record and literary achievement. This translation builds on the 1905 edition published in French by Jules Viard, adding extensive translations from other sources Rymer's Fœdera, the Chronicles of Adam Murimuth, William Nangis, Walter of Guisborough, a Bourgeois of Valenciennes, Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke and Richard Lescot to enrich the original text and Viard's notes.
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In 1362 Robert Assheton was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
On 1st February 1381 Robert Hales [aged 56] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1386 Bishop John Gilbert was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1398 William Scrope 1st Earl Wiltshire [aged 48] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1398 Bishop Guy Mone Aka Mohun was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1408 John Tiptoft 1st Baron Tiptoft was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1422 Archbishop John Stafford was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1449 James Fiennes 1st Baron Saye and Sele [aged 54] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1452 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 24] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1454 James Butler 1st Earl Wiltshire 5th Earl Ormonde [aged 33] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
Chronicle of Walter of Guisborough
A canon regular of the Augustinian Guisborough Priory, Yorkshire, formerly known as The Chronicle of Walter of Hemingburgh, describes the period from 1066 to 1346. Before 1274 the Chronicle is based on other works. Thereafter, the Chronicle is original, and a remarkable source for the events of the time. This book provides a translation of the Chronicle from that date. The Latin source for our translation is the 1849 work edited by Hans Claude Hamilton. Hamilton, in his preface, says: 'In the present work we behold perhaps one of the finest samples of our early chronicles, both as regards the value of the events recorded, and the correctness with which they are detailed; Nor will the pleasing style of composition be lightly passed over by those capable of seeing reflected from it the tokens of a vigorous and cultivated mind, and a favourable specimen of the learning and taste of the age in which it was framed.'
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Patent Rolls. 18th March 1461. Westminster Palace [Map]. Grant, during the King's pleasure, to the King's kinsman Henry, Viscount Bourchier [aged 57], was appointed the office of treasurer of the Exchequer in the same manner as Walter Hungerford, knight, late treasurer.
In 1468 John "Butcher of England" Tiptoft 1st Earl of Worcester [aged 40] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
After 26th July 1469 John Lanstrother was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In October 1470 John Lanstrother was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
On 16th June 1501 Thomas Howard 2nd Duke of Norfolk [aged 58] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1509 George Hepburn Bishop Isles [aged 55] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In 1572 William Cecil 1st Baron Burghley [aged 51] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
In September 1684 Sidney Godolphin 1st Earl Godolphin [aged 39] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd January 1687. There was now another change of the great officers. The Treasury was put into commission, two professed Papists among them, viz, Lords Bellasis [aged 72] and Dover [aged 51], joined with the old ones, Lord Godolphin [aged 41], Sir Stephen Fox [aged 59], and Sir John Ernley.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd January 1687. A Seal to confirm a gift of £4,000 per annum for 99 years to the Lord Treasurer out of the Post Office, and £1,700 per annum for ever out of Lord Grey's [aged 31] estate.
Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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John Evelyn's Diary. 21st February 1689. Innumerable were the crowds, who solicited for, and expected offices; most of the old ones were turned out. Two or three white staves were disposed of some days before, as Lord Steward, to the Earl of Devonshire [aged 49]; Treasurer of the household, to Lord Newport; Lord Chamberlain to the King, to my Lord of Dorset [aged 46]; but there were as yet none in offices of the civil government save the Marquis of Halifax [aged 55] as Privy Seal. A council of thirty was chosen, Lord Derby [aged 34] president, but neither Chancellor nor Judges were yet declared, the new Great Seal not yet finished.
John Evelyn's Diary. 3rd May 1702. The report of the committee sent to examine the state of Greenwich Hospital [Map] was delivered to the House of Commons, much to their satisfaction. Lord Godolphin [aged 56] made Lord High Treasurer.
On 30th July 1714 Charles Talbot 1st Duke Shrewsbury [aged 54] was appointed Lord High Treasurer.